New answers tagged stochastic-volatility
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I write down the solution for the Heston model. You can directly generalise the result.
Let $f=f(t,s,v)\in C^{1,2,2}(\mathbb{R}_+^3)$ be a real-valued function (portfolio value) and consider the two-dimensional stochastic process $(S_t,v_t)$ with
\begin{align*}
\mathrm{d}S_t&=(r-q) S_t \mathrm{d}t+\sqrt{v_t} S_t \mathrm{d}W_{1,t}, \\
\mathrm{d}v_t&=\...
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I'll try my best to explain them
Both of them aim to match the implied volatility surface as shown by the empirical data.
Local volatility process is a function of Stock and time without any stochastic term (not moving randomly). It changes with with different inputs of stock and time. It matches the implied volatility surface with short term maturity ...
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I use Gatheral's notations.
The SVI-Jump-Wings (SVI-JW) parameterization of the implied variance v (rather than the implied total variance
The raw and natural parametrizations describe the total implied variance for one slice (fixed tenor). The SVI-JW describes the implied variance for one slice (fixed tenor). The total implied variance slice for a fixed ...
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Given your regression relationship between atm IV and forward price, as long as beta <1, atm IV and forward price are negatively correlated which is usually consistent with the market observations - the higher the forward price (longer maturity), the lower the atm IV.
If beta is greater than 1, rather, ATM IV and forward price are positive correlated, ...
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Given the variation, ATM vol = alpha * F ^(beta-1), if your stochastic process for forward price dF= alphaF^beta dW, that means your effective beta, CEV, is 1. This gives horizontal backbone of the vol surface. I think it all depends on whether this is what you expect to see - the vol surface is stickey under shocked price scenarios.
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